I’m not gonna sit here and decry current technology, quite the opposite. To this very day, there’s something magical about smartphones. I can use them to watch movies, make music, work… anything, really. Despite this, I — a caveman — still expect my pocket rectangle to do one basic thing: be a phone. And this means doing things like calling 911. Normally, this isn’t an issue, but it could be... Read more ›
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Apple’s App Store is a holy grail for businesses, offering access to an audience of about half a billion people per week, according to the technology giant. But that doesn’t mean landing an app in the digital marketplace is easy. Apple has said it rejected almost 1 million new apps vying for inclusion in the App Store in 2020, along with nearly a million updates to existing apps. Building an... Read more ›
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Update (09/12/2021): Just before the deadline for implementing third-party App Store payments passed, Apple won the appeal for a stay in the Ninth Circuit. That means we won’t see any alternative payment methods for in-app purchases on iPhones and iPads just yet. In the judgment, the Nith Circuit Court said that the tech giant’s appeal brought serious concerns about the district court’s judgment passed in September: Apple has demonstrated, at... Read more ›
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For years, Instagram has insisted that its algorithmic feed is better than a chronological one. Ever since the latter was abandoned in 2016, many users have clamored for a return to the simplicity of yore. It seems these people might finally get their wish come next year. Speaking at a Senate hearing, Instagram head Adam Mosseri said Instagram is “currently working on a version of a chronological feed that we... Read more ›
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Another year, another Qualcomm flagship chip that’s sure to power the majority of Android phones in the coming year. This time around though, the company decided to do things a little differently, renaming its flagship processor with the ostensibly simpler Snapdragon 8 (Gen 1) moniker and talking up gains in the processor’s performance. Alas, it still seems Qualcomm is trailing well behind Apple when it comes to raw CPU performance,... Read more ›
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Move over GPT-3, there’s a scrappy new contender for the crown of world’s greatest language model and it’s from our old pals over at DeepMind. Up front: The Alphabet-owned UK outfit that answered the question of whether humans or computers are better at chess once and for all – the machines won – has now set its sights on the world of large language models (LLM). To that end, today... Read more ›
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Raise your hand if you live in a stable universe that’s rapidly expanding to support its own vastness. Not so fast Earthlings. We might have an end-game level crunch-time problem on our hands. Up front: Everyone’s heard of the Big Bang. And long-time Neural readers will certainly be familiar with the Big Rip. But it’s long past time we talked about the Big Crunch. This hypothetical event would be our... Read more ›
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This week the UK Supreme Court upheld an earlier ruling in May that Uber drivers are legally classed as workers and must be treated as such.  The court ruled that it is unlawful for a Private Hire Vehicle (PHV) Operator to act as an ‘agent’ between the driver and passenger, meaning that all operators must contract directly with both drivers and riders. What’s the importance of being classified as an... Read more ›
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The Renault Zoe may have been Europe’s fourth best-selling EV just a few months ago, but it has seriously failed the latest crash tests by the European New Car Assessment Programme (NCAP). In fact, the NCAP ‘awarded’ the 2021 Renault Zoe with zero stars for safety, ironically ruining Renault Laguna’s legacy — the first car to ever receive a five-star rating. Credit: NCAP What went wrong, Renault? Since its launch... Read more ›
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Working in a startup, regardless of your position, requires close attention to data — there’s just no way around it. So if I could give you just one piece of advice, it would be to learn how to effectively analyze these numbers and metrics. I’ve been working at Orcas for the past four and a half years. Orcas is an Education Technology platform that gives tutors access to lesson plans... Read more ›
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Leading crypto banks such as BlockFi and Nexo are attracting a lot of attention. Customers can earn an APY (annual percentage yield) of up to 12%, dwarfing high-street savings accounts, whose interest rates are sub-1%. But before you rush to transfer your hard-earned savings, there’s some important things to be aware of. First, you need to realize what these banks are offering interest on. Apart from Nexo, which pays up... Read more ›
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Notepad is one of the most basic apps in Windows, but that’s exactly why so many people still love it: it’s a barebones text editor free of distractions. Still, I’ve got to admit it looks a little outdated by Windows 11‘s standards, but luckily a fix is on the way: Microsoft today announced a redesigned version of Notepad, currently rolling out to Windows Insiders in the Dev channel. Most note-ably,... Read more ›
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Elon Musk’s problems are bigger and more important than yours. While most of us are consumed with our day-to-day activities, Musk has been anointed by a higher power to save us all from ourselves. He’s here to ensure we eliminate car accidents, make traffic a thing of the past, solve autism (his words, not mine), connect human brains to machines, fill the night sky with satellites so everyone can have... Read more ›
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It’s been 66 million long years since an asteroid erased the dinosaurs — and astronomers are getting antsy. In the last few months, they’ve warned that space rocks as big as the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building, and the Great Pyramid of Giza could all miss Earth by just millions of miles. In response, NASA is resorting to increasingly desperate measures. After simulating catastrophe impacts and slapping asteroids with... Read more ›
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As part of UK’s FlyZero initiative, the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) unveiled on Monday a concept aircraft with ambitions as high as the skies it’s gonna fly to. It’s a midsize commercial plane, able to carry 279 passengers, and designed for transatlantic flights with one refueling stop or no stop at all. Okay, nothing remarkable here. Credit: Aerospace Technology Institute But what’s extraordinary is that the concept aircraft is expected... Read more ›
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When I first started writing about IoT in 2013, device makers promised a world where IoT would seamlessly facilitate a machine-to-machine connection between the smart gadgets in our lives, including our smart home. Made possible by machine learning, our devices would become instinctual in the way they spoke to each other and responsive — with no human interaction. One of the most significant examples touted at the time was car-to-smart... Read more ›
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Curious Kids is a series by The Conversation that gives children the chance to have their questions about the world answered by experts. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.com and make sure you include the asker’s first name, age and town or city. We won’t be able to answer every question, but we’ll do our very best. Why can’t we put... Read more ›
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This article was originally published on Jobbio’s blog. Money is a universally taboo subject. That’s why negotiating a salary is tricky, not just for fresh job-hunters, but even for those with years of work experience. Finding the perfect middle ground between feeling short-changed and being unrealistic is crucial in obtaining the job offer you deserve. We spoke with a group of experts comprised of Talent Acquisition Specialists, Hiring Managers, and... Read more ›
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Earlier this month, we saw Android issue an important update. The update enables Android users to use their mobile to lock, unlock, and even start a compatible car. The most interesting factor is the use of Ultra Wideband technology. In reality, we’ve been able to start our cars remotely using products like Viper’s Smart Start since 2009. Apple tech could lock, unlock and start your car with an iPhone or... Read more ›
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Mark Zuckerberg might be looking out for a shiny future in the metaverse, but the company’s past mistakes continue to haunt him. Amidst the ongoing Rohingya genocide in Myanmar, a number of refugees from the community currently based in the US and UK have sued Meta to the tune of $150 billion, for failing to clamp down on hate speech against the minority group. Before we look at the allegations... Read more ›
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